Chalayan Quotes

#1. When a man says that he is Jesus or Napoleon, or that the Martians are after him, or claims something else that seems outrageous to common sense, he is labeled psychotic and locked up in a madhouse. Freedom of speech is only for normal people.

Thomas Szasz

#2. I was drawn to biology and history and, of course, art. And I loved languages. The biggest problem I had is that I wasn't taught about the connections between all these things. I think that would have given life a lot more meaning and it would be a lot more enjoyable.

Hussein Chalayan

#3. I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist ... I don't do that any more.

Banksy

#4. If I had to define my philosophy, it would be about exploration, a journey, a story-telling.

Hussein Chalayan

#5. Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice.

Jimmy Fallon

#6. Wherever there are children, there will always be injustice.

Robert Walser

#7. I think of fashion as an art form as well as an industrial product - and something that has to be sold well and has to be of high quality.

Hussein Chalayan

#8. Being a part of exhibitions is not a burden; it's another way for an independent label such as mine to reach a larger audience by exposing them to my whole body of work.

Hussein Chalayan

#9. When you got a question," Polly said before Granada could ask, "first be silent. Look around you. Let creation speak the truth to you." She

Jonathan Odell

#10. An artist's work is almost entirely inquiry based and self-regulated. It is a fragile process of teaching oneself to work alone, and focusing on how to hone your quirky creative obsessions so that they eventually become so oddly specific that they can only be your own.

Teresita Fernandez

#11. It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody close.

John Lydon

#12. A hand closed over my wrist. I looked over, and there was Lilly, cast in moonlight and blue, hair snaking around her, a siren calling to me: 'come on.

Kevin Emerson

#13. I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture.

Hussein Chalayan

#14. London gives birth to amazing talent but is rubbish at helping maintain it.

Hussein Chalayan

#15. I can be working on a collection and a film at the same time. It can take a lot out of me, but the processes come from the same source. From a brief I set myself I can make a film, I can make a collection, I can make an installation.

Hussein Chalayan

#16. I am an idealist, which can be tiring.

Hussein Chalayan